Elephantiasis

Elephantiasis is a symptom of a variety of diseases where parts of the body of a person swell to massive proportions.

Some conditions that have this symptom are:

Elephantiasis nostras, due to long-standing chronic lymphangitis

Elephantiasis tropica or lymphatic filariasis, caused by a number of parasitic worms, especially Wuchereria bancrofti. More than 120 million people, mainly in Africa and Southeast Asia, are affected.

Nonfilarial elephantiasis or podoconiosis, a disease affecting the lymphatics

Elephantiasis, Grade 3 lymphedema, which can occur in people with breast cancer.

Genital elephantiasis, end result of lymphogranuloma venereum

Proteus syndrome, the genetic disorder of the so-called elephant man